Written By J. Dagenais
Breaking the Cycle
Most founders don’t burn out because they lack passion. They burn out because they’re the sun holding the whole solar system together.
Every decision? Yours. Every fire? You’re the firefighter. Every growth idea? It’s collecting dust because your inbox is full of urgent-but-not-important chaos.
This isn’t entrepreneurship. This is a very stressful job disguised as leadership.
Here’s the truth: if you’re the bottleneck, your business can’t grow beyond your capacity. The real inflection point comes when you start building a company that doesn’t need you to survive (or worse, to function).
Getting to freedom takes effort, but here’s the kicker: it’s more doable than most founders think. And it beats burnout every time.
How do you get there?
Documented processes
SOPs aren’t glamorous, but neither is explaining the same thing to three different people in one week.
Delegated ownership
Not just handing off tasks, but handing off actual decision rights. That requires trust, clarity, and yes, a few mistakes.
Metrics-based management
Gut instincts are great—until they’re not. Data lets you sleep at night.
Automation & tools
Let tech do the boring stuff so humans can do the smart stuff... and fun stuff too!
Thanks for reading and do well!